Birds resting on a construction crane above my head in Porto, Portugal back in November 2019.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 105mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 2s |
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The Vines of the Douro Valley
The vines in a distant field as seen from Quinta da Roêda. Bit of a drive from Porto, but lovely to visit.
Portugal, November 2019.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 35mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/640s |
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The view from Quinta da Foz
One of the benefits of working from home at Automattic is meeting up with your team a few times a year in various parts of the world. Obviously that did not happen last year, won’t happen this year either and we had been playing a meetup for April or May last year but that didn’t work out.
In November 2019 I met my team in Porto, Portugal. During the week we had a day to relax so we did a tour of vineyards. After a lengthy drive we toured a couple, took a boat ride on the local river and had a nice meal in a local restaurant. The Quinta da Foz was the second vineyard we visited and it was wonderful. Old architecture and setting mixed with new technology to make wine.
Here’s the view from the road in front looking out on a tributary of the Douro River. It’s a beautiful part of Portugal.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 125 |
| Shutter speed | 1/400s |
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Dom Luís Bridge
The Dom Luís Bridge in Porto, Portugal last November.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 23mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 3.2s |
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Sunset on Stinson Beach
Stinson Beach, California. July 2007.
| Aperture | ƒ/9 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 59mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |
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The Interior of the Pantheon
The Pantheon is an almost 2,000 year old building in Rome. Originally it was a pagan temple but it is now a church and has been used throughout it’s history.
The building is circular with a portico of large granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank and two groups of four behind) under a pediment. A rectangular vestibule links the porch to the rotunda, which is under a coffered concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus) to the sky. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon’s dome is still the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome. The height to the oculus and the diameter of the interior circle are the same, 142 feet (43 m). (Wikipedia)
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 17mm |
| ISO | 1600 |
| Shutter speed | 1/30s |
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Hanging In There!
The trapeze artist at the final night’s party at the 2017 #a8cgm.
Whistler, Canada. September 2017.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 210mm |
| ISO | 12800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
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Peak 2 Peak Gondola
Whistler, Canada. September 2017.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 19mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/40s |
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DJ Mick @ a8cgm
At the final night’s party in Whistler, Canada. September 2017.
| Aperture | ƒ/4.5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 55mm |
| ISO | 4000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/50s |
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Music at the 2016 GM
One of the highlights of the Automattic Grand Meetup every year is the party on the final evening, and in recent years a band made up entirely from my colleagues and friends in the company rock the stage. Last year they were followed up by a cracking DJ set that kept people dancing ’til the early hours!
Here’s a few photos that have been lying in my “out folder” for the last few months, taken at rehearsal and during the performance. I have many more but I think by the time I develop all of them the next GM will have been and gone!
Who knows, I may even use this opportunity to develop a few more of the photos and add them to this post. 🙂
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 50mm |
| ISO | 12800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/60s |
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Solitary Cyclist
Madrid, April 2017.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 28mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/320s |
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The Pier in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, 2013.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 105mm |
| ISO | 1250 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |